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 | 39 Making Simple Felted Jewelry. Marsha Fletcher. Make a brooch, necklace, wrap-around bracelet, and accessorize a purse and a hat. These fun, wool jewelry pieces are sure to freshen up all wardrobes. Step-by-step directions and basic techniques are demonstrated through 113 color images, along with 4 featured projects • 81/8" x 9 1/8" (206 x 231 mm) • 113 color images & 1 b&w image • 64 pp. • 978-0-7643-3570-9 • PB • $9.99 / £9.99 / 13.99 CAD Making Wood Jewelry: Southwest Style. Thomas Freese. A fun guide to creating simple wood- en jewelry. Craft pins, beads, pendants, and earrings evoke delightful desert art. With practical safety tips and a discussion of the best tools, anyone can get started. Design discussion and many project photo- graphs will launch you in creating exquisite jewelry perfect for gifts. Explore techniques for wood burn- ing, inlayed stones, and repurposed exotic woods • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •152 color photos •64pp. • 978-0-7643-3414-6 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD Metal Jewelry Techniques: Enameling, Engraving, Setting, and Mounting – A Masterclass. Carles Codina. This book takes a detailed and visual approach to metal work- ing techniques, showing the most common processes and techniques used in jewelry making today, including enameling, engraving, and mounting gem stones. Accompanying the text are more than 260 images and drawings that help to identify each step of the process- es shown. • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) • 256 color photos • 64 pp. • 978- 0-7643-4532-6 • HC • $24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Mixed Media Jewelry Techniques. Lana May & Her Friends. Nine exciting projects combining various materials into jewelry designs for necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and more. Each project brings together two or three techniques, each of which could also be used for independent projects. The techniques include wire work, beading, chain mail, glass beading, macramé, bead stitching, metal and polymer clay, netting, and PMC. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) • 325 color photos & illus. • 96 pp. • 978-0-7643-3429-0 • PB • $12.99 / £11.99 / 17.99 CAD Off-Loom Woven Bead Necklaces. Deb DiMar- co. This comprehensive guide to off-loom, seed bead weaving uses the square stitch to explore design patterns. A photo-illustrated instructional chapter clearly explains stitching and joining techniques. This easy-to-read pattern book is for anyone interested in learning off-loom, seed bead weaving. Three necklace projects and three bracelet patterns are included • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 230 color photos • 128 pp. • 978-0-7643-3306-4 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Paper Jewelry: 55 Projects for Reusing Paper. Barbara Baumann, with Photography by Flurina Hodel. With detailed instructions, templates, and colorful photography, this book shows how to craft fifty-five paper jewelry projects. Colorful and graphic projects range from necklaces, brooch- es, earrings, and bracelets to hair accessories. • 8 1/8" x 9 1/8" (206 x 231mm) • 217 color photos • 176pp. •978-0-7643-4852-5•PB•$34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Pearl Projects for Beaders. Daphne Yu. Detailed photographs, diagrams, and simple-to-follow in- structions guide you through 23 projects that show- case pearls with crystals and semi-precious stones. Includes 186 color images and 47 patterns, and both the beginner and advanced beader will enjoy making classical to funky pieces perfect for wearing or gifts. • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 186 color images/47 patterns •112pp. •978-0-7643-3552-5•PB•$24.99 / £22.99 / 35.99 CAD Polymer Clay Jewelry: The Art of Caning. Mathilde Brun. Creating cane-based clay jewelry is made simple and easy with direction fromMathilde Brun. Supported by more than 400 step-by-step illustrations, material lists, and instructional guidance on making clay “canes” that can be repurposed for several different jewelry pieces, this book provides everything you need to realize your own unique jewelry and design potential • 81/2"x11" (215x279 mm) • 408 color images & diagrams • 80 pp. • 978-0- 7643-4456-5 • PB • $19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Ribbon Jewelry. Ani Afshar. Join designer Ani Afshar for a jewelry making workshop to create a bead necklace with long ribbon streamers, another bead necklace with cropped ribbons, and a pair of beaded drop earrings. A gallery of similar styles Ani has made with different beads and colors will inspire you to keep creating • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 120 images • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643-2856-5 • PB • $13.00 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Turning Segmented Wooden Bangles on the Wood Lathe. Don Jovag, Photography by Don and Jeanne Jovag. Using more than 100 photos, this book guides you through each step of the process for successful bangle turning on a small lathe. Expert woodworker Don Jovag offers clear instructions for easy-to-build fixtures, techniques, and designs. Also included are tips that help your workmanship shine • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 128 color photos • 64 pp. •978-0-7643-4962-1•PB•$19.99 / £18.99 / 28.99 CAD Turning Wooden Jewelry. Judy Ditmer, Photog- raphy by Douglas Congdon-Martin. Photography by Douglas Congdon-Martin. Beautiful, fanciful jewel- ry from the wood lathe. Beginning with the turning of tiny “bowls” by hand from a variety of wood, Judy takes the turner step-by-step through the process of creating this wearable art form. Each step is illus- trated with a color photograph and captioned in a concise and informative way • 81/2"x11" (215x279 mm) • 250+ color photos • 64 pp. • 978-0-88740-611- 9 • PB • $12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Mastering Contemporary Jewelry De- sign: Inspiration, Process, and Finding Your Voice. Loretta Lam. This valuable guide from instructor and expert Loretta Lammakes jewelry design both attainable and under- standable. The basic principles are explained to aid starting designers, and each section has breakout exercises enabling any level of jewelry artist to experiment with the concepts before applying them to works. • 10 1/2" x 9" (228 x 266 mm) • 200 color images • 176 pp. • 978-0-7643-5919-4 • HC • $34.99 / £31.99 / 48.99 CAD Designing Jewelry: Brooches, Bracelets, Neck- laces & Accessories. Maurice P. Galli, Dominique Rivière, and Fanfan Li. The process of designing brooch- es, bracelets, necklaces, and accessories is carefully explained, illustrated, and explored in this volume. The beautiful and practical step-by-step format clearly demonstrates the jewelry designing process. Lavishly illustrated with 89 hand-drawn renderings in full color. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 89 color drawings • 192 pp. • 978-0-88740-631-7 • HC • $59.99 / £54.99 / 85.00 CAD Drawing for Jewelers: Master Class in Profes- sional Design. Maria Josep Forcadell Berenguer and Josep Asunción Pastor. This book teaches how to use drawing as a means of expressing jewelers’ creative ideas. Mastering this tool can be a great resource that can help jewelers to progress easily and steadily with designing jewelry and presenting their ideas and projects. • 9" x 12" (228 x 304 mm) • 763 b/w&color images •192pp. •978-0-7643-4058-1•HC • $45.00 / £40.99 / 64.00 CAD Enameling. Connie Wagner. Step-by-step instruc- tions and 252 color photos guide newcomers to enameling through 8 different projects, including creating test enamel tiles, reversible earrings, brace- lets, multiple piece pendants, a flower pin, enameled beads, and words with enamel. Features different techniques, including scrolling and sgraffito, count- er enamel, and stenciling. Common mistakes are identified with ways to fix them • 8 1/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •252color photos•64pp. •978-0-7643-3444- 3 • PB • $14.99 / £13.99 / 19.99 CAD Fashion Jewelry to Make Yourself. Renate Bosshart. More than 100 jewelry designs made with simple techniques. These are amazing, unique piec- es that will complete any woman’s wardrobe with startling effects. The design palette ranges from simple to extravagant, from carefree to richly precious. Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions are includ- ed which will produce beautiful handcrafted jewel- ry • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •142 color photos, 70 drawings•128pp. •978-0-88740-874-8•PB•$24.95 / £22.99 / 34.95 CAD Felt, Fiber, and Stone: Creative Jewelry De- signs & Techniques. Suzanne O’Brien. A discus- sion of materials and techniques in crocheting, making felt flowers, and beading, with instructions for making chunky brooches, earrings, necklaces, and funky cuff bracelets. There are 12 projects de- scribed step-by-step and illustrated photos, with 23 additional projects in the gallery. • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279 mm) • 350 color photos • 88 pp. • 978-0-7643- 3668-3 • PB • $16.99 / £15.99 / 23.99 CAD Flower Jewelry. Ani Afshar. Take a jewelry making workshop with designer Ani Afshar, who will teach you step-by-step to make an elegant flower brooch, a flower lariat necklace, and flower dangle earrings with colored beads and fishing wire. A gallery of similar styles Ani has made with different beads and colors will inspire you to keep creating • 11"x81/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 110 images • 48 pp. • 978-0-7643- 2855-8 • PB • $13.00 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD Fresh Floral Jewelry: Creating Wearable Art with Wendy Andrade, NDSF, AIFD, FBFA. Wendy Andrade. This instructional in- troduction to the world of floral design jewel- ry making is the first of its kind. Learn how to make beautiful, intricate jewelry with wire, beads, and little else to resemble foliage in which to set your orchids, succulents, and many more floral varieties. • 11" x 8 1/2" (279 x 215 mm) • 414 color photos • 112 pp. • 978-0-7643-4411-4 • HC • $29.99 / £27.99 / 42.99 CAD How toMakeWonderful Porcelain Beads and Jewelry. Vicki Kahn. More than 100 color photos and clear instructions guide readers through the creation of porcelain layered beads, beads with inclusions, mille- fiori beads, necklaces, earrings, and buttons • 11" x 81/2" (279 x 215mm) •104 color photos • 80 pp. • 978-0-7643-2377-5 • PB • $19.95 / £18.99 / 28.95 CAD Making Christmas Jewelry in Polymer Clay. Bridget Albano. Festive necklaces, pins, and earrings of your own making. Patterns for endearing angels, Christmas trees, gifts, holly, gingerbread men, teddy bears, and old Saint Nick himself are provided, with easily followed instructions and clear color photog- raphy • 81/2" x 11" (215 x 279mm) •208 color photos, 14patterns•64pp. •978-0-88740-832-8•PB•$12.95 / £11.99 / 17.95 CAD METALWORK & JEWELRY MAKING |